COLONIA, N.J. – The 2026 East Coast Conference Women's Soccer Championship field is set and the top six teams from the regular season will vie for the ECC trophy and the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division II Championship. Headlining the postseason field were No. 1 Mercy and No. 2 Molloy, which earned First Round byes, while No. 3 Queens, No. 4 Roberts Wesleyan, No. 5 D'Youville, and No. 6 Daemen clinched berths and will compete in the First Round on Wednesday, October 28.
 
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Mercy earns the No. 1 seed for the second consecutive year after finishing the regular season 10-3-4 overall and 6-1 in the ECC, totaling 18 points in conference play. The Mavericks wrapped up the regular season by winning their final three contests which included a 3-1 road win at Staten Island today, which secured the program’s fifth ECC Regular Season Championship. Mercy captures its second set of back-to-back regular season titles over the past six seasons, last doing so in 2021 and 2022, in addition to winning its first ECC Regular Season crown back in 2017. Mercy, who has won three ECC Championships, most recently in 2022, was the 2025 ECC Championship runner-up and starts its title pursuit in the Semifinals on Saturday, October 31 at 1:00 PM, hosting the winner of Wednesday’s First Round match-up between No. 4 Roberts Wesleyan and No. 5 D'Youville in Dobbs Ferry, NY.

Molloy received the No. 2 seed after an ECC campaign of 4-1-2 and an overall mark of 6-6-3, compiling 14 conference points. The Lions are riding a five-match unbeaten streak, which dates back to September 26, closing out the regular season with a 0-0 draw with Roberts Wesleyan earlier today. Molloy appeared in five straight ECC Championship Finals from 2019 through 2024, winning four conference championships during that span. The Lions begin their postseason quest by hosting the winner of Wednesday's First Round match-up between No. 3 Queens and No. 6 Daemen on Saturday, October 31 at 12:00 PM in Rockville Centre, NY during the Semifinals.

First Round match-ups will commence on Wednesday, October 28, with No. 3 Queens (8-4-4, 3-1-3 ECC) hosting No. 6 Daemen (3-10-3, 2-3-2 ECC) at Varsity Soccer Field in Flushing, NY and defending ECC Champion, No. 4 Roberts Wesleyan (7-3-6, 3-2-2 ECC) welcoming No. 5 D'Youville (5-8-2, 3-4 ECC) to Roberts Stadium in Rochester, NY. Both First Round matches are set to kick-off at 7:00 PM. The Knights and the Wildcats played to a 2-2 draw in Amherst, NY on October 10. The Redhawks shutout the Saints, 2-0 on October 10 in Buffalo, NY. Roberts Wesleyan’s only ECC title came last season, while Daemen, D’Youville, and Queens have never won an ECC Championship. Daemen has appeared in the ECC Championship Final twice in back-to-back years in 2023 and 2024. Queens lone Finals berth was back in 2010. D’Youville has never made the ECC Finals.

2026 ECC Women's Soccer Championship
First Round - Wednesday, October 28
7:00 PM – No. 5 D'Youville vs. No. 4 Roberts Wesleyan
7:00 PM – No. 6 Daemen vs. No. 3 Queens

Semifinals - Saturday, October 31
12:00 PM – No. 2 Molloy vs. Winner No. 5 D'Youville/No. 4 Roberts Wesleyan
1:00 PM – No. 1 Mercy vs. Winner No. 6 Daemen/No. 3 Queens

Final - Saturday, November 7 (at Highest Remaining Seed)
Time TBD – Winners of the Semifinals
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Founded as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1989 and rechristened the East Coast Conference in July 2006, the ECC was formed to enhance intercollegiate athletic competition among member institutions and to assist them in integrating athletics into their academic program in a fiscally sound way. The ECC is committed to the highest standards of scholarship, sportsmanship, teamwork, and citizenship. Its mission is to promote the total person concept in its student-athletes, which stresses the abilities to excel in academic achievement, athletic competition, and positive character traits. East Coast Conference members include: Daemen University (Amherst, N.Y.); University of the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.); D'Youville University (Buffalo, N.Y.); Mercy University (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.); Molloy University (Rockville Centre, N.Y.); Queens College (Flushing, N.Y.); Roberts Wesleyan University (Rochester, N.Y.); College of Staten Island (Staten Island, N.Y.); and St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, N.Y.). The ECC also is home to 13 associate members in the sports of women’s bowling (3), men’s and women’s indoor track & field (3), men's volleyball (2), field hockey (1), and men’s lacrosse (1).

The ECC sponsors the following championship sports: baseball; men’s and women’s basketball; women's bowling; men’s and women’s cross country; field hockey; men’s and women’s lacrosse; men’s and women’s indoor track and field; men’s and women’s outdoor track and field; men’s and women’s soccer; softball; and men's and women’s volleyball.
 
The East Coast Conference is a proud member of the NCAA and Division II. Division II is a dynamic and engaging group of colleges, institutions and conferences of varying sizes and educational missions. Division II members encourage and support diversity; value sportsmanship, fairness and equity; and place the highest priority on the overall educational excellence of the student-athlete.